The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1867, Page 4

4 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. Lively Competition for the Panama Priviles¢s. Efforts to Create Division Be- tween Peru and Chile, The Trouble Caused by Admiral Tucker Settled. &e. &. &e. ‘The steamship Henry Chauncey, Captain Gray, from Aspinwall on the 24th ult,, arrived at this port yester- day, bringing our files and despatches from Central and South America, ‘The main features of the news is the religious question in Peru, ‘The debate in the Peruvian Congress on the question of religious toleration, came on for final vote on the 2d of April, when the following three proposals were submitted to the House:—First, that the Roman Cathos lic religion be the religion of the State, and as such, to be protected and maintamed by the State, Second, that the Stare could recognise no other religion. Third, that the pubiic worship of any other sect or denoraination should not be allowed or practised im the republic, The first of these propositions was passed nem. dis, the sec- ond with but one dissentient, and the third became the cause of turmoil and excitement which prevaited for some fow days. Five-eighths of tho Congress were opposed to it and were ready to vote for its rejection, but the government bas prevented this by prevaiing upon some of the members and by purchasing the votes of others. The measure was carried by a majority of three} There are twe Protestant churches in Lima, bosid*s = Jewish synagogue and half a dozen Buddh's! \; for Chinese worship. The first three of 2ut be closed with impunity, and governe Aware of tho fact. A wise and salutary sure had been brought to bear upen ti abvinet, and the consequence was the ‘troduction of a bill into Congress provid the religious wants of the non-Cath «von of the commanity, and making it law!n 19m to worship God as they please in privet’ dings, upon private property, This bill had & vell received, and would become law; and the juestion of relgious tolerance, notwithstanding all the furore and turbulence to which it had givenjrise in its discussion, will remain for the future just where it had been all along. Neither party gains a jot or tittle in any way. * The following is the specie list of the Henry Chauncey :— Yanama Railroad Com| 28,487 Eugene Kelly & Co....--- Srai800 Wells, Fargo & Co. 18,427 Order 20, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Competition Between English and American Capital for the Panama Rallway Privilezes— AN Quiet ns Yet on the Isthuus—Central American Coffee Crops—More Keports of Cholera in Nicaragua, Kc. . Pasama, April 24, 1867. The parties contending for the future ownership of the Panama Rajlroad are making a Hively fight of it at Bogota, if we may judge by the number and variety of propositions addressed to the government on behalf of the anxious applicants. The holders of thirty-three millions of New Grauadian bonds—residing principally in England—some time ago offered ‘he whole Of these securities, together with a large amount of cash, and many promises of large revenue to the government, with a fair division of the profits of the traffic; but the Present owners have even bd higher than this, with an evident determination to carry their point at all hazards and at every cost. The bondholders’ bid looks large on Paper, representing, as it does, almost the entire foreign debt of tne country, but as the securities are quoted in London at Sifteen, the bid is reduced to tolerably fair pro- Portions, The following are the principai points in the latest offer of the present owners, The general terms of the contract made with Mossrs, Cotterill & Co, and thers, in England, (since annulled by Congress) are accepted by the company, and the other advaniageous conditions are added :— Immediately on the consent of Congress to this con- tract $1,000,060 shail be paid to the repabiic. The rigat Of the company to receive $5,000,000 ia 1875 shali_ be cancelled. The company suail pay in the year 1875 $4,000,000 to the republic Af the governinout wishes an advauce to be nade the company agrees to pay the $4,000 000, of any portion of 1, previous to 1875, and in case of such advance being made the company shall recive intorest at six por cent per an- num unui. 1875, Tho company will immedine- ly devote $3,000,000 to improving the road and the two ports, and give securities t0 conclude such improvements within six years; so that, when the invr- oceanic rai'roads of the United’ States, Tehuantepec aud Nicaragua are concluded, the Panama line wiil be so per- Will continue its payment of three per cent pery or, if the cowernmeni close, the iixed gum oc $75,000. After the approval of thi ract ail products of Lolum- be Carried by the lime at a reduction of one- the vsual The company shalt make one payment of $100,000 to the State of Panama, in addition to that which the government concedes to it, The company will make reforms in the present con- tract whicu, without being prejudicial to tho interes: of the company, siail be advantag sous to the goverament, commencing by the sevtiemeat of the questions on dis- pate at provent, If the gov out wish the company to undertake the completion of the Buen entura aat Cali cart road the company agree to fuish It, solidly and well, and without asking commission for the work. The expenses ot the work to be prid by the company from the mémey due to the forernna These terajd were offered to Congress by Peter Horran, on the part qaahe company; but he took occasion to urge the govétnment not to hy pothecate (ele resources: at all, “ boodiggfy? said he, “ within a few years the lino will become te absolute property of the nation, and thus the objedyWili be attainea which the yovergmeut had in view \RpeR tho coustraction of the road was authorized." ;1Theislimness of the national parse, how- ever, will in-aIMprotebility compel the acceptance of the most favorable offer for the immediate alieastion of the reserves, Herran stated that he was prepared to prove the offer of tho pragemjowners to be the most accept. able, so thatqot qaloubs remains as to the success of tho American c9 wr Isthmus ppatt pin xtotu qua Presidont Oiarte fs stiil rest vinterior, surrounded by his faithful gual sdenGoda, 0 bas vot &ppqaged @midieseshercs as vot, bility is thatg@mpaanatsitude of our Sia: doter him on en invasion. i a aug Naeaie f once try to rena eh bis Cogges jeter wipe: Panames os must bi Foo to ail As the pretoxt for an uprising cannot be foond, A rumor appears to hav been circulated soashwardtiat a bioody.revolution was in pro- here, asthe Unaty-dthates steamer Wateree has ar. arise rived at ta foray ‘emergency that may Adm nate npexaggerated roports of the dilic |nenuateng edasi, afid knowing our do- fencelees ¢ondétic thedathostown left us, ordered to make all naste was daily dritied Capiain Paubdins.seuther Wat in reaching setacsereene sump" on the vo; agRppandethe arrival al) Useedgvmerr wee Placed in readinams egittpil were found to be occupying seal toward the foreign popuiation. Upon her arr Wateree of PeeOR ’ weeks Jater. iW EAB discontent 2, tha_tebellious leader, ig “tH season than usual. Plan! yt eit attention to coffee culty han eachineal, The Ly EYE to 18,000, 000 pounds for AY Pats "Yew ety respectable Tho Asiatid” has HiHGabsettty Feappearod in Nicaragua. WO this © by a former mail, but it tade up for speculative to the re- most from tie” ips salts have 4 do Dot The Contral American sieniners are not ai a pach ‘at Corinto (port ce Oe quar. antined on arrival at other ports. = £57 chat ‘The Costa will conveneeariy a » when of tie omasiRUbor are to be discussed, he yA ke f ports the ong a i ee H usvrper and a despot. Public sentiment in Peru 1 cer tainly achangeable thing. ‘Yhe Paymaster of the Waterse reports thas the Pow- hatan flagship of the South Pacific squadron ison her way hither under sail, She ia txpected to arrive in May. . ‘The Pernyian Gover: t Starting a Steam Line te Panama—A Railroad te Arequipa— how the Peravians retaliated by refusing to ealute our fing even in reply to our salutes. to the epsign of Peru, aud how Chile threatened to uniie wWhh Pera in thw action, No little correspondence took Place between our Ministers. at Lima and Santiago, Admurat Dahigren anf the respective governments, and at ono time the fing mised. to become sor78, i t having removed to coven Gi the unde gh pie affair will The Disturbauces in the Interior—The Ques genous ye yridnn in pion | me Oe tien of TERE, bas top of the Cab. between the Pergvian vessels Sed ont own, and the for- inet, d&e. mal adjustment by the di fatives ot the Vnited States and Pera only is required to terminate tho discussion. Admiral Tucker took with him the two ex- Confederate naval officers, Butts and McCockle, who meme es we bim from pa Tageen! Siegmmctore Cor, ol e Chilean na' comm {h@ squadron. As. the Thall ‘steamer: with the Adcnical ‘on board passed the Peruvian Alagship Independenc a the band of tho latter struck up “Heil Columbia,” and tt is yet undecided whother the Admiral was complimented or pot, The new ten million loan negotiated Ohile in Eng- Tand has been reece Wane cnoue debts and afford means for ing on the war, The ing the interest, taxes, however, are insufficient hn means funds, The Minister of Finance, in a let! tors of Val; ‘Lima, April 14, 1867. The new line of steamers that were to run on the coast of Peru only have now received a permit from Congress to connect with the steamers at Panama for the United States and Europe. This government binds itself to give to the company all the steamers they havo taat they do not require for war purposes, on the condition that they are to be returned incase of a national war. Govern- ment will alwaye prefer this line to tho other, and will furnish it with bills of exchange on) the United States and Europe at the currentrate. All port charges shall be free, hulks to be placed im any port they think necos- sary, and ground to be given in Callao to have a yard and pier. The company binds itself to be ready in two years from the present time, and always to keep six steamers rupning; government to be allowed eixty per cent on all business, aad to be able to purchase coal irom the com- pany at $10 ton in Callao and $13 at any other port, The American steamship Aurora was abandoned by the captain in this bay, on the 12th inst., on account of this government refusing to give a receipt for her after having bought her; but I learn to-day that the receipt and there must be some new consideration tuat the government did venture upon a five per cent income tax, and was also afraid of a foroud Joan, The exploration and of the coast of Aran- cania, in the south of bave been prosecuted with- out intermission, At Orst the Indians showed symptoms of hostility, the more so as they regarded the establish- fase Mies inthe Sakaeiae se. eoneronese pee nte. lence. After a in wl wero Tiernan utr Srttine ane ain ‘will be given, for a consideration, and government wilt | of depriving them of their lands or independence, but Deets crunetase ” onty wished to establah defences for mutual protetion Admiral Tacker arrived here on the 4th inst trom | ahd the work of nes, Meandanes cpp celsiene Chilo, his resignation having been acco» cd by govern. | Without re 2 be The news from Mendoza ts unti The n= ment, Admiral Vaile Riostra hu: bea appointed in his | 4:06'and revolutionary forces. re! pov gtd o Anan piace, Congress has passed th iil to bulla the railroad from Mejia to Arequipa, s Uae toflowing conditions :— distance from each other, and the only details we got are of outrages upon the inhabitants and a general con- dition of Regie The great raffle of the city property of Mr. Henry Aloaz to b» 1 for the purpose, and not allowed | Meiggs, tho American railroad millionaire, tormivated a to be used y other; paid toan to bear seven per | few days ago. Thero were but two really yvalus” cent voocy iuterest, guaranteed by mortgages on the | prizos—one houso valued at $80,000 and theotherat vor $400,000, It is understood that Melggs was for snate enough to draw both houses with numbers am og the tickets unsold, variety of other valuable articles, two pianos—one American and the other Knglisn—whioh received the highest premiums at the Worid’s Fair in London, Mr. Moiggs’ daughter drew one of tho pianos, valued at $5,000. Goneral Kilpatrick, our Minister, is stil! absent ona tonr of inspection of the consulates on the coast, He will return on the 11th to Santiago, r :, the income of the Custom House at Mojia, and proiits of the guano trade—the loan to be paid off by cue earnings of the road, The work is to commence at once, government giving two thousand soldiers for the purpose. The loan to bo taken up here and abroad; and any ove having a part of said loan can convert tt into shares of the company any time within tom years. The government has to bud a mole at Mejia, In case that half of the shares are taken up by individuals, they shall have {ull management of the road, and an exclusive right from the time the said half is taken for the tem of oichty years, Toe co-uiry is at present like a boiling pot which boils over every now and then in different place There are at present vutbreaks at Cuzco, Puno, Ayacucho and Moquequo, but all of them toa small extent o’ present, They have ail declared in favor of Causeco, e second Vice President under President Pezel. Pran at troops ‘on the 3lst to Ayacucho, which he expects will be avie to quell the whole aifur. All the foreigners in the place have armed themselves, and got together for mutual protection, Thore is a good deal of rumor of Castilia’s tampering with the fleet in Valparaiso. Should they succeed in getting it, it would be a big advantage in their favor. The religion question is progressing just as I predicted in previous letters, and bids fair to end in something very serious before it is fivished. The toloration measure was doteated imCongress by a vote of 43 to 40 ; but there is still a proposition being discussed about re- ducing the church property in this city one-half, and that at presont ts the fester. On the 11th inst. a meot- ing was called by some priests in the public square in front of the halt where Congress meets, There wore about two thousand people assembled, and several priests addreased them in Villainous language, which ex- cited ‘them so much that when the repreentatives began to arrive to go into session they began to illuge them and finally to throw paving stones. The police wore called tozether in force, and a company of cavalry was ordered vut to put a stop to tho row, which they suc- ceeded in doing after a sharp little fight for a few mo- ments, in whicn @ good many were wounded, but only one killed. Soveral F sieo were arrested and are now in prison, Am act, headed by the priests, has been signed by a number of people, —_ that they wilt Prevent by force the Church being robbed. Congress has passed a vote of censure against tho Cabinet for nexicct, aad one member proposed 1o im- peach the Presideut at once. There was a great deal of recrimination between the Cabinet and the Congress, which has resulted in the whole Cabinet sending in their Tesigeations, which, as yet, haye not accepted. There are a good macy threats flying about to burn the Protestant chapels in Callao and Lima, and also all of the Masonic Lodges, which the priests are particularly down oo. Should théy start in on anyvning of the kind tnore wiil be a big row, sure, ‘The treaty oifensive and defensive made by the The Elections fer Members of Cougress in Chile—Foreign Naval Vesse!s in Valpuraiso— French and English Naval Of_icers—Ameri- enn and Russian Fraternize-Two American Middies on a Spree—Boat Race, &c. Vatraraiso, April 8, 1867, The only event of interest that has transpired hore of late has boon the election of Representatives to Congress on the Sist ult. and Ist inst, The cocasion possesses some interest in its relations to the prosecution of the war, but aside from this does not amount to much, Toaforeigner voting on Sunday seemed rather queer, but probably the ‘severeigns”’ thought it no harm to do good on tho Sabbath. Although the final returns have not yet come in, it is understood that-the administration will have very few oppovents in the Chamber of Dopu- ties, The majority of the Deputies widl be conservative, but there is alarge number of moderate liberal: and several radicals, With such elements there is reason to Dolieve that there will be no reform of the constitution, but a weakening of the aspirations for reform by unim- portant modifications of present laws, resulting in nothing. Work on the fortifications is being pushed ahead as expeditiously as possible in anticipation of the return of the Spaniards. Since my last lotier a number of hoavy guns have been mounted, and preparations aro now being mado for constructing iron-clad shere batteries ‘with fifteen inch Rodman guns, ten of which recently arrived here from New York in the Chattanooga, ‘The harbor is just now full of men-of-war, numbering over twenty. Io nddition to the allied squadron of Peru and Chile we have had hero in the past two weeks the British iroa-clad ram Zealous, and frigates Topaz and Sutlej; the French iron-clad ram Belliqueuse and cor- votie Lucifer; the Russian corvotte Gornostal, and the American Congrcas of 1865 has just been accepted by ‘Salvador, Honduras, Cola Vevenueln, Boaslor ‘and | United States steamers Dakota, Mohican and Resaca. La a ae and Peru wi Lama Cenggid ber Bosides these there bas been in port a large French which will make a respectabio lance. ere is no pr ect of the new Congress meeting at present. steam transport with homeward bound troops from Aca- On the 10th inst, Congress tho following law:— | puloo, Mexico. The Lucifer has also satled for France, and Goverament shall not consign any more gaano. The guano shall be sold here in Pera for vach market at pud- he auction, for every year's consamption; said auction to be advertised ‘or six months before band, This isa very good law, and will remedy the swindio that has been counccied with guano consiguments for a good many years, A tax of five per cent has been put on all incomes over $250 a year. ‘The cost of all the fortifications at Callao up to March 1 was $600,000, The work is very near finished, acd Calino two-day is tue best fortiled piace on the Pacific coast, Exchange on England, bankers’ bills ninety days 45 14. to bard dollar, Exchange on United States, ships’ bills thirty days 10 por cent discount, the Belliqueuse will procesd north inafow days, Tho of four admirals im the bay has occasioned a great amoant of salutiag, and as two more are expected to arrive soon, there wili be considerabie more barving Admiral Hastings camo out in the Zealous to reileve Admiral Denman, who has com: led the British Paciticsquadron for some time, and we excited the indignation of the English residents of Valparaiso by his conduct at the time of the bomberdmont. The Bolijquense brought out Admiral Penhoat, who assuines command of the French Pacific squadion, Admirat Dahlgren, commanding the United States South Pacific squadron, 1s expected to arrive here in his flagsivip, the Powhatan, in a few days, It is curious to watch the habits of the oificers of the various mea-of-war here and thelr mancers towards eacty other, I have reierred in my correspondence from Santiago to the feeling between our officers and the Chiloans ond Peruvians, The English and French are tolerably guod friouds, but do not Gateraize to any extont, tween them and our ofiicets there 18 nothing bat cool eivilities, particularly as regarda the Englieh, It will be remembered that in consetuence of the part taken by England in tho rebele lion of the Southern Staves, our naval officers were directed to conlide themselves to the strict convention- alitios of naval etiquette in their intercourse with British officers, Since that time t.ere Lave been no visits betweom Engtish and United States ships except official calls, and in compliance with for:al invitations on occasions when abdsenco would have indicated a par- pose to give offence. American and Enghsh mou-ol-war tle alongside for weeks, and tuelr b and ofticers at the same sieps at ihe same hours haif-a-dozen umes @ day, wituout the slightest recognition of each otuer, pniess perhaps an occasional touch of the cap when an oftcer of high rank pases. There isa little more cor- aiality between the French aad our oilieers, but po friendship. Cnr ofttcers @hd the Russians, nowever, fra- ternize like comrades, and are together at the opera, in the catés and every piace of amusemeut. This pecutiarity is not confined to the Pacitic squadron Iv is the same on our buropean sinis in the African squadron aud in the China seas—Rassiau and American uetved in sentiment ay: it #rench and Kagtish, The Russian corveuie sailed y or two ago for Catlao, aud will proceed thence to the Avsoor river, where her officers will be relieved and sont to St, Petersbarg over- land. As the Gornostai was going out the Muhican manned ber yards and cheered, the Russian returning tho compiimeat. A number of her officers wore at- tached to the Russian equadron which visited the States three years ago; and it is not « litte amusing to hear their comments on the various cities they visited. They give acomical description of the visit of the Brigadier Goneral and diliiazy Governor of Alexandria to the flagsbip in the Potomac. 1 was in Washtagton at the time, ‘and recollect the diversion created by the Goueral, who, without waiting for Major Genoral Augur, the The Efforts to Create Bad Feeling Between Peru aud Calle—Admiral Tacker’s Resigna- tion—Thke Naval Ktiquette Troublo at an End—The Eugiish Loan to Chile—Coloniza- — SAsmago, April 1, 1867, ‘The Spanish fleet has not reappeared yet in the Pacific, and we are still patiently waiting for something to turn up. Valparaiso was bombarded one year ago yesterda, ‘Tbe ruius of the custom houses and burned portion of the city, still disfigure the front of the town, and the allied squadron swinvs at anchor fn the bay, where it bas ridden with brief tutervas of absence for the last nine months. A great deat is said about the war in the news- papers, and vccasionaliy the politicians excite the pablic considerably on tue subject, but aside {rom this, we would searcely know that any diilirulty ox- isted between Chile and a foreiga power, The opponents of the administration demaad an ener- geve prosecution of the war, and tho government party retierate that the hovor of Chile is gate in its prosewt Lands; but tho demands and promisos of both parties have been #0 indefinite that no reliable opinion can be formed of the furaro, The whole question is ina fog. Noone can tell if the Spaniards will return, and the comtmunity bas subsided fate a sort of indifference to the war, frou which nothing aroases them except an occasional ramor from Moatevideo that the Spanish fleet is “Jast about to start” for the Pacitic, ” ‘The trace question is still absorbing attention, and has recently led to consideralie hard feoling between Chile and Pera. Your Lima correspondent has doubtless given particulars of the announcement in the a (ye bon niger tit oe Begone ote. : Peruvian Congress that Cnile had signed the imiral, ran alongside the liacsnip in a sidewhee! » sent on the Russian’ truce, and domandd $600,000 of Pera as | squad of soldi an's deck a brass band and and then marched 10 gorgeous apparel, followed by a crowd of sight-sooi Hieutenants, If the General did not atiain the height of his ambitipa in the war, at home, he may at least be assured that his pamo will be remembered in the Russian navy as long the expedition to our waters is talked of. ‘The fleet also had a visit from congressmen, who, with their re- tainers, came down upon the tiagship like an army of tocusta, The say that in addition to cham- Grea’ boues “of whiskey disappeared ‘that ‘day. All whiskey '. officers speak of thi = compensation for expenses in maintaining tho war. The mews of this proceeding ia Peru occasioned much biti: mess here, For the past year there has been a con- Staniiv im reasing coolness betweon Chileans and Peru. alariy among tue officers and men of the on. Tt has been commcn to hear expressed and naval officers boast of what they will do ime fur iynting eacn other shall have come. I do not fcol jastified in predicting war between the two countries, bit [ shail not be at all surprised if it do take place within the next two years, The newspapers hore Lave discussed Peruvian pubic opinion with earn. eatnost, nowy in a conciliatory tone. Tho Merci of Valparniso, tu ite summary of news for foreign eaye:— ‘The se-usation which a deputy in the Peruvian Con- gress, Sr. Cassa, them hope to be Seeored to cur count, end on pray ere promised to meet | uy roure foundation than the articies of a nal, bas tTidshipmen of the ~ revealed clearly that ihe author of och’ railing of steeds and went out for adisplay of accusaiton fosters hostile feelings towards thi horsemanship. ambled Into vai country. As however, her the Peruvian | the flowing bow! is indulged in, Cougresa nor Peravian government have given | Careoring wildly up and down the streets as any reason by the lone: sot of theire for thinking | gale” He ame of streets a larg was that they entertain the same ideas as the bonorabie jug. The excavation was about feet member for Trujila, Quite the contrary, he Peruvian and fifteen fort wide. An inte 3 bof overnment speaks 1 Cordially respectful terms, been built, igh, forming « £ for inetance im its communication to the Peravian | well some ten feet in diameter in the bottom of the pit, Minister at Santiago, Sefer Pardo, But if the govern- | There was no fence around the hole, and the miaship- ment of Chile has not actuaily subscribed the truce, is | men in approaching it were hailed by the police; but it not at least very much inched so to do? This has | the youngsters, suspecting that it was an ai to ar. been given to understand in the Peruvian Test them for fast riding, tred their horses intoa where « dcoputy stated his expectations of beiug able | gallop, and in the darkness plunged down the well, to prove i by means of a note of the abo excitement caused by the disappearance of tho riders in mealioeed Wien ‘sels Unas vor Onsen jorwrarsess | wore eongehy sua Bian Wes tent Gown Wik ieators to take our t iment | were nt down witha i to extricate the remains of the dead; but what was the Hi i ditration of ge ject There were in the rafile, among a great . guns, ale goes home by this steamer. ~ Mr.” Morgan - i wn opekirgedgery: HT to ie, Fong. Que day last week, the woman having occasion to light tions, He returns to the States bie health, having been bfOKen down in euperintending tie delivery aod mounting of his the steainors for men-of- war. Allen to Pol and yaad large operations’ have been effec F COpper - nitrates there has eens steady <aomands — ae cat ania apy prices w! 4 The ship David Stewart is loading with wheat for Bal- wader the timore, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. iiek ans, : ate and that SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. and $08 Gay The Late Raius—The Natives Astonished by Foor poe ve a Freshet—Loss ef Life—Centipedes and cling. #0 aid Scorpions Bacnrrorsnt ander. | pantie xae roll ae Suffrage Question—Sugar Growing—Laying subjects the Corner Stone of a Cathedral, &c. could p onaagy had Honowis, H. L, March 8, 1867. = “~ In one of my late letters I stated that we had had re- PF Finance, ts freshing rains, that our hills were clad in green and mesonnedtaary, valleys full of gurgling streams, I might repeat this ee l- now; but for gurgling please read roaring. On Sunday eH woe morning, the 24th of February, the head of Nuvaou ae id doubt valley was bid from view by white veil of rain; while s people. PY See from the second bridge to the beach the sun shone | will be empowered to with some lawyer inthe brightly, and good people wended their way to the Stajen to tke » position Sona cee apaem eee. ARY various places of worship. At about one o'clock P. M. | sang eae year can, if the oracle is properly worked, the roar of the Nuuanu stream attracted the attention of bys = See ret od all within hearing, and the bridge over it was soon fee bo ha. reg mth ‘no au visited’ by quite @ coricourse of sight seers, The | once has Deon, granted. by Ot, Mialesty to the newly ar sights which met our gaze would not startle any | Reynolds and officers of the Lackawanna, bd inquiry one who bad seen a‘ freshet on the Mississippi | I learn that application for one was made through the or any of its tributaries; but to us the view was startling. The water came crashing and tumbling over the rocky bed of the stream in subiime confusion, shoot- ing under the bridgo at the rate of, well, say forty miles an hour. At this time the stream had risen about four feet an hour, later it was fully up to eight feet, threaten- ing the degiraction of the bridge. Rain was now falling each way as far as the eye could reach and few specta- tors remained, and even those keeping well off from the bridge. The Kapena Falls now attracted our attention, Standing on the hills overlooking them the view was much more grand than from tho bridge. The waters came through @ narrow gorge and mriking the basin beiow sent spray high into the air, rocks weighing a ton were hurried along making powder of tho smailer ones. Just below the falis a party of natives, men and women, wero watching, ropo in hand, for timber, and had secured some few pieces, when a woman threw her rope catching a piece which jerked her into the stream. She was scen but once alter until the following day, when her body was found on the reef, the rope still firmly grasped in her hand. The heavy rains have breught centipedes and scor- pions out of their retreats in the ground in large num- bers. Parties have been bitten bv them while sleeping in bed. 1f ammonia or salt and tobacco are applied im- mediately no very serious results follow, but if neglected the part bitten swells and becomes very painful. During the freshet two horses standing in the distillery premises were observed to be very restiess, Upon ¢: ination ten large centipedes were found on one, while the other ‘was litorally covered with them. ‘The fait of rain on Sunday in the valley, a mile from town, amounted to 6,64 inches, 244 inches falling in one hour, At tbe sugar plantation of J. H. Wood, a mile and three-quarters above, the rain guage marked 12.76 for the same time, This is below the point at which the heaviest rain fell. Mr, G. 8. Rowland, formerly second mate of the whale ship Harvest, of this port, weat into the harbor master's I know of no excuse that can be offered, as his can be seon daily driving bis fine span of bays about town with the case and grace of an accom- plished whip. Having a decided penchant for the ocean and its bracing salt air, his Majesty is for the present residing at bis vilia at Waikiki, where, to make his sur- roundings poets, js entertaining most royally two worthy sons of Neptune, retired captains of the whaling service. I hear that one cause of the slight is that the presence of the Lackawanna is looked upon as a standing menace by the-powers that be. Tho fact is that the history of Kawaii for the past twenty-five years bears evidence of the fact that natives of the her class respect only those whom they have cause to fear. The British stole therr flag and inflicted otherindigaities, and to commemorate the return of the stolen bunting the 81st of July is observed asa national holiday. The French landed a force, took { socspangs of the fort, de- stroyed the guns, smashed calabashes, broke windows and would doub:tess have gone moro, but for the-presonce of the United States sioop-of-war Prebie. Retiring in good order they borrowod, to be polite, the royal yacht, and as @ consequence, for years, all a French consul or commis- sioner had to do was to threaien them with another visit from a French ehip of-war to secure their respectful at- tention to ail dewands. Should the nephew of his uncle over restore the yacht, oran equivalent, another natioval holiday will doubtiess be added to the Hawaiian calon- dar. Throughout ail the earlier difficulties of this king dom with foreign Powers, American officials, merenauts and missionarica steadfastiy by Hawaii, and to them is due the recognition of independence by the thea three great Powers, Sinco the demise of the third Kame- bameha slights and indignities have been their portion. The masses, however, believe in America and her inati- tutions, ‘since the foregoing was written an audience has been graniod (ne Consul and Captain. A story was current that the application was to be withdrawn, which may have basiened matters, BRITISH HONDURAS. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALB. © Position of the Raiding Indinns—A Large British Force Under Arms—Au Ex-American office, aud after addressing a fow remarks to’ the clerk Rebel Prospecting—Demanda ter Labor—Pre- staggered toward a chair, gushing from his mouth, Jected Railroad to the Pacific. and sit down soon expired, Mr. R is from Wil- Havana, April 27, 1867. mingi j. C,, where bis family now The Hawaiian Ministry, through their organ, lately attemptod a defence of their well known views on the right of sui Senator Cowan's jate speech in the United States Senate being the crumb which they have seized upon asa text for an article. The Com- nvercial Advertiser, assuining that che articls was written by Minister Harri, proceeds to give him arnb, ax fol- lows:—“That meu born and reared among the aristoc- racy and the beer Agee desperately oils feudahsm of Europe should found carnesily the idoa of equality for all ts something that ry ve surprise been expected; but it certainty is a matter and humiliation to seo men from New Englasd—the cradic of liveriy—advocating by their voices and uphoid- jug with their pens, in the year of grace 1867, the doc- trine of taxation without ropresentation—a deliderate denial of tne immortal principle enunciated and estab- lished in 1776, that there should be no taxation without representation,” fhe Chamber of Commerce lately recommended to the Cabinet the policy of reducing the value ef the Spanish real and English sixpence to tue value of the Amoricaa dime, The Cabinet have acted upon the sug- gestion, and notice has been officially given the change. Natives do not take to the change kindly, bat as tue reals “ili probably be shipped out of the country by Chinese and others intorosted in their purchase, the ion of the dime is simply & question of time, ughout the past year the San Francisco sigar ers have used every avaiable argument to induce our piantérs to make lower grades of sugars for their use, and have at last made some of them “see 1t,"" and are making contracts for the year's crop. One epter- prising bouve has been appointed agents of the refinery interests, Av thia iirm are agents of the lumber mills which suppiy the most of the lamber con- sumed on the group, and the vessels bringi the lumber having geveraily to return to the coast in ballast, nodoubt but (hat now they will be loaded witu eugara for a rotarn cargo to San Francisco, and then pro- ceed to Paget Sound fur a cargo of lumber, again to re- turn to the isiands, As «he regular packets have bard work to live on the route, at best, we shail probably see them drop off one by oac, and communication with Sau Francisco will be very wfrequent. Aine of steamers weli aubsidized by the Upited States government is our only hope. Fhe corner stone of the Retormed Catholic Cathedral waa iaid on the Sth inst, by lis Majesty, amid much pomp and ceremony. Atter standing a few momen s, a gentleman occupying an imporiant position near the court, bat who wore @ coat tor the first time since I knew him, stepped upon we platform, and waring his band after the inost approved manner, informed us that the platiorm was tur the Queen, and soon @ dozen or more ladies marched on. 1 was formine an opinion that, his late Majesty somewhat resembled Brigham, of Utah, when I noticed a quot, modest looking lady dressed in mourn- mg, occupying an obscure corner of the Lost} and was iniormod that she was the Queen, and the dozen or more dashingly droseed tadies were members of the Bisuop's congregation, and that the gentleman aforemon- tioned was merely uelog aLttte steatexy to secure them places, Aftet a flourish of trampets the head of a pro- cession appeared. The fitat feature which attracted my autention was a brass arrat it carried on a stick, which, if Lam not mstaxen, I saw carried by the Roman Catholics last Compus Christi day. red By arrival of tho English achoonor Adventure, Captain Swasey, with the mails from Belize, I have news to the 19th inst, Tho report of the capture of Kanul, the Indian chief of the Chichihaw trive, tie only clan in reality hostile to the English, is not confirmed; and, in fact, it is now gaid that no such capture was ever made, becauee if it bad been the case be would Lave been quicxiy conveyed to Belize, The Indians, however, only coutinued at war with the Yucatan tribes, and had not dared to make any more aggressions, eithor on the mahogany cutters or the inhabitants in tbe small towns, ‘The entire force of the English was fairly estimated ‘at about one thodsand men, all of whom were “up the river,” none boing required in Belize, which was duly eared for by the volunteer corps, At the last date thore was nothing to disturb the tran- quility as most of the troops had returned to Belize, Jeaving only @ company or two up the river. Ex-Confederate Colonel Graham, of Texas, is prospect- ing. Hearrived unwell, having madea trip to Hondu- ras, be came as passonger in the Adventure, and will proceed to Jamaica as coon as he recovers, intending to at either of those colonies, He was astontsbed to such large tracis of fine land uncultivated and lying waste in such an‘excellent climate, und feels very san- guine about Drospecting successfuily, ‘The Adventure sails fur Bolize to-day, in ballast, with the mails. She has three passengers, ai! from England, Monsieur John RK. De Brame, an engineer and sugar planter, bis son, anda Mr, Harnson, connected with the firm of Young, Harrison & Co., mohogany, shippers, On the gchooner’s return to Havana I hope to have it in my power to cond you samples of the Honduras sugar. ‘The plantations were reporting progress, and some ship- ments, voy made in flour barrels, had goue forward, doth to the Cnived States and Envland, The demand tor laborers was-very pressing In Houda- ras, Only a few come now and then from Jamaica, and the merchants were very desircus to have regular come munication by steam with the outer worid, above all from the United States, even were it only once or twice a month, especially with New Orleans and New York. ‘The project of building a railroad from Port Cabalio, Bay of Honduras, through Spanish Hondaras to the of Konseca, on the Pactiic, ke te much more eco. pomic and suorter route to San ncieco, Was upon as an enterprise likely to be carried out, and, if combined with China, it needs no further comments, WEST INDIES, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The French Squadron at the Bahamas--Ne American Port to bo Entered--Colonial Ree trenchment--Trade Very Dull, « By the arrival at Havana of the steamship Corsica, Captain Le Messarier, from Nassau, N. P., on the 24th ult, we have received our files from said port to the 23d nent individual was brat form, I should say was the hi Bishop of Hono | of April inclusive, lula. Tasdly vei his Majesty and suite, His | The Freuch Admiral ot the Gaif station having special pea n'y astonished mo; for rumor | injunctions to prevent any of the ships returning from Seabees e Dat he seem- | se sieg touching at any of the American ports, the fol- see by some of fee ie Soi lowing gunboats from Havana pat in at Nassau, with the ee Sr ae a Sua canoes intention to pass about @ month there before attempting ee et. suas diac eeutas tien. Tan Sve to cross the Atlantic, The names of the ships are: The ! ie E Be & ses sussks2 ‘was good, although a few got sick soon after arrival by eating poisonous fish, and one man died in consequence. ‘The Tactique was to leave for Bermuda on the 25th ult, ¢n route for France. It being Lent time no public entertainment took place, Dut the officers received every polite attention. 8 sxB $2f the reported; the ’s gunboat Steady, having completed her Prciaan, Sate ey Sa arse pa ah ape cetera samp ini KA he | FERS re ew And Laren Arrival of the Morning Star—Murder of « ee ae yeaa ene Pietapes tones Woman-Salcide of a Man—The Reciprocity from ‘ruicirist re eum Yo exngunh, And Howonviv, March 23, 1867, ‘The of Legislature was expected to close about he moar peat orang Sar rave nue | Wee BAS nosy dpe ea Fersecareeeiety eens | eee eee, a gees from « the report of the Voyage, 1s a fast eailer and excellent jay ‘8 police magistrate were diamiased on small seo boat, Her best day's run was 290 mile, She i Pie Governor and Count! wanied he, Houge to pase possessed of all the requirements calculated to make her a ced oy « nye majors: noves, House Lemmgeoerer Lame eMe cove ne dame Sots eels terop” ae ‘From Lagat we 5=~e news of another murder, up: toot higher ‘han fn ea, the Correane s poor we tarabeen commited by a man whe hat et | Paap neamer ia. barbor, but tempted the méber difficult task of keoping a wife and 8 to a short to Turks Istand and concubine wader the same roof on terms of equalliy and enor sin down fon monn agg = parmeay. The wifeand mistress quarreled and fought, ammo and the wife came off first best. The husband very | ts ult,” natarally oondoled with the mistress and took sides aun ‘Bagaar realised $1,100 dol- agains the wife, Soon after the body of the wife Sas ie ont cae ee ond oun RE cath ent ag pon Lpingpe Janaien Kington ‘An old native women and ber eranéehiié, aged fer | the 11th of April, The weather in Kingston bed ender. Gone a favorable change: A good shower of rain fell om the Ilth ult, withevery indication of a continuance of the rainy seaspa, There was a fire at Hall’s Peo, in St Andrew, on the 10th of April, resulting in the total destruction of the Pon. It wag the work of an incendiary, AUSTRALASIA. Postal Communication with Europe by Way of Amorica—Progress tn the Colonigs—The enue Decrease—Tho Ta- Cotton Crep—Rev rif—The Weather, ac. By way of Panama we have files from Australi dated at Melbourne, late advices from New Zealand, The Sydney Herald of March 1 has the following sum- mary report:— February 28, and sydney, March 1, with The Comuissioners of the Intercolonial E xhibition have issued an address tothe attention to the proposed ing out the project. } drawing their & musoum of im dustry and art, and requesting their assistance in carry- ‘Te total amount of public money misappropriated by ©, W, Eastwood, of the railway departm ent, is withi for the ‘The revenue of South ent Come siderably decreased in the-departmente of lands wnd cus toms. The sales of tand fell trom £504,677 in 1865 te Psy ring im 1866. The decrease in the customs te A match between aboriginal cricketers and the Met- bourne Cricket Club was piayed on the Meibourne frond, ‘The aboriginals scored 154 and their opponcats It is reported that 200,000 bushels of wheat available for shipment at Port Macdonnell, South tralia, The South Australian ernment have appointed Captain Cael) to conduct mae ‘voy: Clscovery te the northern territory, and to fix upon a site for a setde- ment, Heavy rains had fallen in many parts of Figaro oight inches fell at Brisbane in thirteen re, damage has An the from Melbourne for sand bags of flour, whic! establish a name for Enxlish market, Victoria, The trail mania, during 1866 was ods, been occasioned by floods. of the ship Swiftsure, which eafled land, was an item of one theu- was shipped with a view te hat kind of colonial produce im the A brilliant meteor, of 300 The quantity of jam exported from Hobart Town, Tas- 43634 tons; and from Launess- E 3 z z z iy il average of deaths the month under review was eighteen The deaths in the preceding month of Ne- vel % tweive anda half daily, or nos A great deal of interest ing pacts of the country to different schemes of railway communication, the want of which fs felt tue more from the fact that the possession of tue advantages afforded by such communication is seen to contribute go much te the prosperity of the districts thas favored, ‘The traffic returns of the Victorian railways for the month of January show a total revenue of £50,421 2a, 4a, agwins: £49,405 193, ear, deposits in banks was at the beginuing of 1! on wonton. gh a cperend deposits in the other sa 30.0 Juve, 1866, to £012,028 138 24, and on the ‘2d, received in the 806 £15,467 last, £57,601 December to £601,009 10a, 8d. The the Mr. V ‘was able to siate in bis that there was a smail surplus, £1, London Tit April 17, the Treasurer of the New Tariff. bs zt Rs. iW budget on th 2 Post Office i 10s, 6d. am 10s, 2d,° banks amounted, om Fi the for, the revenue amounted only £3, 322,887, there had been savings on the votes tor y For 1867 his estimate is that the revenue Teach £3,380,186, and the expenditure £3,379,078. Im ‘tiese circumstances he asks for an increased tariff rather than ue aay of fhe public works. He proposes @ ten per cent ad valorem duty on aj and all articles made up wholly or in part from of silk, cotton, linen or mixed materials (except corn and Satie ware’ tak Tacows, carpatega” arrowroot, spices, pepper, ginger, pa | = ings, ood all manufactures — contaii oil. On spirits 10, per gai on ‘ola, is bell 6d. per galion; on grain or is. por owt. as it is aground and manulactared or not. On goods” not otherwise charged (Including corm list wi eh iba rosin, sama i : u i mated ther wilinguees to cay ow tac in committees as raw 4 bas gained the Propitiated by a selection of Stee importance. errno Mort war coatinese to drag ite stow length slong, ‘and although the latest mews from the front advises a “‘cossation of hostilities,’ it appears very doubtful how Seoctuenee see er On the 16th of Fooroary a skirmish, ald to bo ome of met4 — tame course we them as i ili '